Re: GOF clocks in at 2:37- way too short
- From: dicconf@xxxxxxxxx (Richard Eney)
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 04:08:34 -0000
In article <keP6f.332$AS6.64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Ard Rhi <[nospam]ardrhi@earthlink(anti-spam).net> wrote:
>"Richard Eney" <dicconf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
>> Neener <NINADSE@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> If even the younger HP fans can plow through the books, then surely
>>> they have the attention span necessary to stick with a three hour movie.
>>
>> It isn't the moviegoers. It's the movie houses. They make their money
>> on two things: the number of times they can show a film in one day,
The number of times in one day = box office receipts.
Show the film 4 times, get 4x$MONEY.
Show the film 5 times, get 5x$MONEY.
Short films produce more box office receipts.
In the 1980s, box office receipts barely paid for the original cost of rent
that the theater owner paid; all the profit was in the refreshments.
>> the number of times moviegoers go out during the film and buy more candy
>> and drinks. If the film is too long, they can't show it as many times.
>> If the film is too good, moviegoers will be glued to the screen, afraid
>> to miss a moment, and they won't want to go buy more, and they won't want
>> to take toilet breaks, so they don't buy drinks.
Buy drinks = refreshment profits.
Buy refreshments early = have to take toilet breaks.
Buy salty refreshments = thirsty, so buy drinks, so need breaks,
so the ones who really want to see the movie won't buy any refreshments,
before the film, neither solid nor liquid. = No refreshments sold,
and no (or very little) profit for the theater.
<snips>
>> My source for that is a movie industry magazine that I read in the
>> 1980s. I don't think the situation has changed.
>>
>> =Tamar
>
>I would suspect the source is not entirely wrong,
It was a professional movie-theater industry magazine, that rated films
according to their estimate of audience-drawing power. Someone had
accidentally left it in the lobby, where I picked it up and read it.
>but movie theaters make a lot of money just in the box office receipts
>and refreshments before a movie.
Just as I said... except that I emphasized return trips during the movie,
and ignored the original purchases, which also aren't made by the movie-
goer who plans ahead.
>Some theaters also install arcade machines and more now for people
>waiting. Which makes sense since they have no way of knowing if a movie
>will be riveting or not to its intended audience.
It makes financial sense. Of course it also means that the movie theater
has become a video arcade with overpriced snack food, and oh, by the way,
there are some movies, if you want to pay the price and take a break from
the games. :-/ Also, the people waiting in line who hate video games are
stuck with the noise.
They have to pay the bills somehow. Otherwise all commercial films would
go straight to video, with no effort made to make them look or sound any
better than a really cheap tv will reproduce.
=Tamar
.
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